Vice Dean, Chief Academic Officer,
Professor of Family Medicine

Dr. Evans grew up in Melrose, Mass., and graduated from the University of Miami in Coral Gables. He earned a D.O. degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, completed an internship at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, and a residency in Family Practice at Womack Army Community Hospital at Ft. Bragg, NC.

Dr. Evans has also completed a Faculty Development Fellowship in Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Teaching Scholars post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians and the American Board of Family Medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

His prior career experience includes positions as a medical school faculty member, residency program director, department chair, director of a large multi-specialty managed care group, and associate dean. He retired from the US Army after serving for 26 years in military medicine. His areas of research interest are in low back pain, faculty development, and medical education issues.

Dr. Evans has lectured nationally and internationally, and has published extensively in his specialty. His honors include numerous teaching and military service awards. He practices as a volunteer physician at the Gwinnett Community Clinic. He is married and enjoys playing golf, finch breeding, mountain biking, nature art collecting, and birding.